Community View: United Water desalination plant met peer science review

6:32 PM,
May 17, 2013

John Taggert of Haverstraw, right, showed his support for United Water's Hudson water treatment plant in June 2012 during a news conference against the proposed plant on the steps of the Rockland County Courthouse.

Written by

Dr. Joseph G. Jacangelo

As a scientist and water treatment professional with a formal public health background, I would like to respond to this Community View on the Haverstraw Water Supply Project.

In February 2012, I chaired an independent committee of drinking-water treatment experts that conducted a peer review of the project's treatment process. The members of this committee have more than 100 years' combined expertise in water quality and treatment, drinking-water regulatory compliance and public health. The committee included a ...